سعَى/ سعَى إلى/ سعَى في/ سعَى لـ يَسعَى، اسْعَ، سَعْيًا، فهو ساعٍ، والمفعول مَسْعِيٌّ إليه
Root: س ع يSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
سعَى الشَّخصُ
جدّ ونشط
🇬🇧 Translation:
Was diligent and active (To strive/Endeavor).
مشى وذهب بسرعة، أسرع الخُطى
🇬🇧 Translation:
Walked and went quickly, hastened the steps (To walk fast/Hasten).
سعَى الشَّخصُ/ سعَى الشَّخصُ إلى الشَّيء/ سعَى الشَّخصُ للشَّيء
قصده وطلبه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Intended it and sought it (To seek/Strive for).
- لم ينجح في مسعاه، فاته ما طلب
- سعى إلى حتفه بظلفه : تصرّف تصرفًا ألحق الضّررَ به.
🇬🇧 Translation:
- Did not succeed in his endeavor, missed what he sought
- sa'a ila hatfihi bidhilfihi : acted in a way that caused him harm [To dig one's own grave/Seek one's own ruin] (To fail/Seek trouble).
ذهب ومشى إليه بسرعة
🇬🇧 Translation:
Went and walked to it quickly (To hasten to/Walk quickly to).
سعَى الشَّخصُ/ سعَى الشَّخصُ في الشَّيء/ سعَى الشَّخصُ للشَّيء
عمله وكسبه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Did it and earned it (To work/Strive).
- اجتهد وبذل أقصى جهده
- سعَى في الأرض فسادًا : حرّك الفتنةَ ونشر الفسادَ
- سعى في الخير : أصلح.
🇬🇧 Translation:
- Was diligent and exerted his utmost effort
- sa'a fi al-ardi fasadan : stirred up sedition and spread corruption [To spread corruption in the land]
- sa'a fi al-khayri : made peace/did good (To exert effort/Strive).
سعَتِ الحيَّةُ
زحفت
🇬🇧 Translation:
Crawled (To slither/Crawl).
سعَى في حاجة أخيه
تسبّب له في قضائها.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Caused it to be fulfilled for him (To handle/Help fulfill).
سعَى بين الصَّفا والمروة
هرول، مشى وتردّد بينهما.
🇬🇧 Translation:
Jogged, walked and went back and forth between them (To perform Sa'i).
Example / Citation:
- " {لِتُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَى}
- {فَاسْعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللهِ} "
🇬🇧 Translation:
- " {litujza kullu nafsin bima tas'a}
- {fas'aw ila dhikri allahi} (That every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives
- Then hasten to the remembrance of Allah) "
Arabic - English Dictionary